Lamination disintegrator



June 9,- 1931 c. D. cos'rE I 1,809,160

LAMINATION DISINTEGRATOR Filed Jan. 20, 1930.

w cosl'dnl' LPa/la Caste Inventor A tlorney Patented June 9, 1931 UNITED stress COSTANTE'DALLA oosris, or" ctnrrron. WASHINGTON LAMINATION nrsnvrnennron Application filed January 20, asaseriarn 422,019.

diagonal breaking angles that are undesirable and cause much waste in laying up brick in a wall. a

In laying brick it is frequently necessary to use the edge of a trowel to cut off the brick to fit a required space. Since the brick-making machines in common use invariably make use of an auger for forcing the plastic clay through adie, this auger, in feedingthe clay, builds up a seriesoflaminations diagonal'to the mass and which are harder onthes'urface and frequently do not combine with the mass of clay to provide a solid and integral brlck composition. I By reason of theselaminations, when striking a brick with a trowel, the tendency is for the brick tobreakdiagonally, causing the fracture to occur along the lines of lamination thereby causing must waste; ofmaterial and loss of labor. c v It is essential that the clay mass in brick form should be integral and without grain so that the strength of the brick will be uniform, and of course it is highly desirable when the brick is out that it break squarely across on the line of cleavage. 1 In the device of my invention I have provided means whereby the clay as it leaves the auger and is forced'into the die, will be. further treated to-break up or disintegrate the laminations so that new faces are provided that will unite under pressure from the auger as the clay passes through the die. v I

The invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts for accomplishing the above set forth purpose as will hereinafter bemore fully set forth and claimed. I y

In the accompanying drawings I haveillustrated one complete example of the physical .embodiment of my invention wherein the features are combined and arrangeda'ccording to the best mode I have thus far devised of my invention; Figure l is a side view of theusual type of auger with the device of my'invention attached'thereto. 5 I

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective view of my disintegrator.

for, the practical application of the 7 principles Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 1 through the disintegrator and through a portion of the auger showing the means of attachment thereto. 7

In the preferred form of my invention 1 as illustrated in thedrawings, the character 10 represents the disintegratoras a whole which consists ofthe base portion 11' having i a groove 12 of the approximate width of the ,end of the blade of the auger '15 so as to fit a,

snugly thereover.

Holes13 are provided through the member 10 so that by means of cap screws 14 the dis- 7 p integrator may be firmly attached to the terminal'endof the auger.

i The auger 15 is mounted in the usual brickmaking machine as a feeder for the clay as it comes from the mixer, and it forces the clay 5 through the die in a mass the width and. length of a brick. This massis later cutinto slices corresponding to the desired thickness of the brick.

' The base portion 11 carries a series outso standing vanes or elongated fingers 16, flush with the upper face of the base 11 and depending therefrom so that they become ad'- justed along the terminal end of the auger.

' As the auger revolves to force the clay into the die, laminations that have been formed a by the action of the auger on the clay are squeezed throughthe fingers 16 and further acted upon by the fingers as the auger continuesto revolve to disintegrate the mass at 1 this point, and causing it to re-unite under, pressure as it passes through the die. This provides a mass of uniformtexture, thor-f oughly commingled and without grain or the 9 aforesaid undesirable laminations; v By this means I have provided a brick which, when properly cured and burned, will be 1 free of hard spots and which may be broken evenly uponthe line desired.

Having thus fully described my invention What Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a lamination disintegrator a base, a V

groove in the base, means for attachment to an auger, and outstanding fingers at right angles to the longitudinal line of the base for the purpose specified. v

2. In a lamination disintegrator a base, means for attaching the base to a revolving auger, a series of outstanding vanes on each side of the base, said vanes overhanging the end of said auger.

3; Ina lamination disintegrator for the purpose described, the combination of a base,

a series of outstanding fingers on the sides of the base and overhanging on one side thereof, and means for attachment to the terminal end of an anger. v

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

COSTANTE DALLA GOSTE. 

